What a truly gutsy performance and did everything he could to break the field and get himself to Paris! Like a metronome, he just kept clicking off sub 4:50 miles for like 20 straight miles.
Has any American ever pushed a pace so hard that Galen Rupp was dropped? Yes, other American's have beaten Rupp, but I don't believe any of them can claimed to have DROPPED him! At least not by being responsible for dictating the pace.